Curtain fastener



Dec. 1, 1925.

C. W. I MQRRIS CURTAIN FASTENER Filed Jan. 15, 1925 diffzyarz'zis ATTORNEY Fatented Dec. 1, 1925.

UNITED STATES CONNIE W. MORRIS, O13 FREMONT, NORTH CAROLINA.

CURTAIN FASTENER.

Application filed. January 1 '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CONNIE W. Mounts, a citizen of the United'States, residing at Fremont, in the county of \Vayne and State of North Carolina. have invented new and useful Improvements in Curtain Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to curtain fastening devices especially adapted for automobile curtains and has for an object the provision of means whereby a curtain may be secured in closed position in a manner to relieve strain upon the curtain due to twisting of the body of the automobile when traveling over rough and uneven surfaces.

Another obiect of the invention is the provision of a curtain fastening device which will permit of limited relative movement be tween the curtain and body of the automobile so that a certain latitude of movement will be permitted and danger of injury to the curtain reduced by persons getting in and out of the automobile when the curtain is only partly unfastened.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character which may be quickly and conveniently attached to n curtain and will not require the services of a mechanic for this purpose, the attaching means as well as the construction of the fastener being of a simple character.

With the above and other obiects in view, the invention further includes the following novel features and details of construction, to be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a sectional view showing a fragmentary portion of the body of an automobile with the curtain attached bV means of the fastening device constituting the present invention.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary elevation showing a portion of a curtain with the invention applied.

Figure 3 is a detail perspective view of the guide bracket.

Figure 4 is a similar view of the clamping plate.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary perspective view illustrating the attaching member.

Referring to the drawings in detail wherein like characters of reference denote corre- 15, 1925. Serial No. 2,611.

sponding parts, the reference character 10 indicates a guide bracket which includes a base 11 and spaced ears 12, the former being provided with spaced openings 13.

The reference character 1 1- indicates an attaching plate from which is struck tongues 15, the latter being adapted to be passed through the material of a curtain 16 and through the openings 18 and bent against the face of the base 11 of the bracket as indicated at 17. The bracket may thus be conveniently attached to the curtain 16.

The attaching member comprises a hook 18 which operates through a slot 19 provided in one of the ears 12 of the guide bracket. A flexible member such as a wire or cord 19 is secured to the attaching member 18 as indicated at 20. The cord 19 is arranged in loop formation and passes through spaced openings 21 provided in the other ear 12. A coiled spring 22 surrounds the cord 19 of the loop and the ends of this spring bear against the car 12 so as to resist movement of the hook in one direction.

The hook is adapted to engage a suitable keeper carried by the body of the automobile. In Figure 1 of the drawings a portion of the body is indicated at 23 and is provided with an opening 24: which receives the hook, so that the hook may be readily engaged with or disengaged from the body of the automobile.

The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportions and minor details of construction and the right is herein reserved to make such changes as properly fall within the scope of the appended claim.

Having describcd the invention what is claimed is A. curtain fastening device comprising a guide bracket, said bracket including a base having openings therein, spaced ears having guide openings therein, an attaching plate, tongues extending from said attaching plate and adapted to be passed through the openings in the base of the guide bracket and bent against the face of the base, an attaching member slidable through the guide openings of the spaced ears and means for yieldingly resisting sliding movement of the attaching member in one direction.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

CONNIE MORRIS. 

